Marking-tag.



L. N. BISHOP.

MARKING TAG.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26. 1914.

1,1 60,035, Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

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LOUIS l\T. BISHOP, 0F BELLEYUE, KENTUCKY.

MARKING-TAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

Application filed February 26, 1914. Serial No. 821,204.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LOUIS N. BISHOP, acitizen of the United States, residing at Bellevue, in the county, ofCampbell and State of Kentucky, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Marking-Tags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to marking or pin tags for application tomerchandise, particularly drygoods, and is especially useful withlengths of cloth or other fabrics of an analogous nature to designatevarious qualities, quantities, cost, selling price and otherinformation. This marking or pin tag is an improvement on theconstruction of such devices as disclosed in the patent of Bishop andM-apes, No. 858,380, dated June 25, 1907, and consists in the presentinstance in providing a folding flap which is primarily bent in a planeat an angle to the body of the tag while the latter is in a moistcondition to facilitate the completion of the bend of the flap or tonguewhen applying the tag and avoid breaking the tongue or fracturing ortearing the plies of material of which the tag is formed. Furthermore,the tag in the present instance has the pin preferably projectingoutwardly from the body thereof and a portion of the pin is embedded between the plies of the body of the tag and extends across the fold lineinto and through the width of the bent flap or tongue.

The present invention also contemplates the primary grouping or jointureof a plurality of the tags in strips having separating means providedbetween the several tags so that a number of the tags may be primarilyrun through a marking or printing machine for impressing thereon insuccession the designation and information desired to be carried by eachtag.

The primary object of the invention is to facilitate the application ofmarking tags to goods of various kinds in a reliable and certain mannerand to avoid injury to the fingers of those handling the goods bearingthe tags, the primarily bent flap or tongue of each tag operating notonly to prevent injury to the body'of the tag when completing the bendof the flap or tongue, but also mate'rially aiding in the accurateinward fold of the flap or tongue toward one side of the drawing: Figure1 is a perspective thereof. Fig. 2 is a similar View looking toward theinner side of the tag. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section throughthe tag as shown by Fig. l with the flap or tongue in its normalposition. Fig. l is a transverse vertical section through the tagshowing the pin and flap or tongue closely folded. Figs. 5, 6 and 7 areperspective views of strips of the improved tags having various forms ofseparating means between the several tags.

The numeral 5 designates the body of the tag which may be of anysuitable dimensions and may have on the front or outer side thereoflines to simulate a label for receiving information, which may be eitherprinted or written, pertaining to the quality ofthe goods as well asquantity, costand selling price or other matter that may be desired. Thebody of the tag is composed of two plies 6 and 7 of suitable thicknessof paper or other material, and between these plies the shank 8 of afastening pin 9 is embedded, said shank extending through a porton ofthe width of the plies as shown and also continuing to the side edge ofa flap or tongue 10 formed integrally with the plies and therefore ofthe same thickness as the body 5 of the tag. The shank 8 of the pin 9extends across the bend or line of fold of the flap or tongue 10, andthe latter is preferably narrower than the body from which it projectsso that it may be readily engaged by the thumb of the user in completingthe bend inwardly toward the body of the tag when applying the said tagto goods or merchandise. The flap or tongue 10 is also shorter than thebody of the tag so that the line of fold between the flap or tongue 10and the body is shorter than the body itself. The flap or tongue 10 maytherefore be easily bent without the necessity of applying such force asmight injuriously affect the body of the tag.

It will be understood that the plies 6 and 7 will be secured to eachother by a suitable cementitious substance or paste and will be normallylaid flat with the portions of the plies forming the flap or tongue 10in the same plane as the body portions of the plies, and when theseplies are associated the shank 8 will be embedded therein and a portionthereof bent at right angles, as at 11, and projected through the innerply 7, the latter ply being pressed closely over the embedded shank 8and forming a corrugation, as it were, only on the inner side of thetag,

f at the outer portion of the bend, or at the point-12, than at theinner portion of the bend, and consequently when the flap or tongue isbent inwardly towardythe inner side of the body'5 of the tag, strain orfracture of the outer ply or any part of the tag will be prevented. Afurther advantage resulting from the preliminary bending of the flap ortongue is that it is'set for accurate-completion of the bend, and,moreover, the single wire including the shank 8 and pin 9 is heldagainst turning or loosening in the tag body and flap or'tongue by theangulardisposition of the latter.

' In applying the tag thepin 9 is inserted through the goods and bentinwardly toward the body of the tag, and the flap or tongue 10 is thenpressed inwardly over the point of the pin, as shown by Fig. 4, and inview of the fact that the flap or tongue 10 is o'f'less extentlongitudinallythan the portion of the tag body from which it projects,

a more perfect bending operation will ensue for the reason that thepressure of the thumb of-the applier may be extended over the greatersurface of the flap or tongue and the latter thereby accurately andregularly bent throughout its entire length, especially in view of thepreliminary angular disposition thereof. The tag may also be readilyremoved,if desired, by pulling the flap or tongue 10 outwardly andspringing the pin 9 so as to renderthe pin easy in its withdrawalfromthe goods. The pin 9 is of such length that it may be inserted throughvarious thicknesses of cloth and the point protectedor covered by theflap or tongue 10, the thickness of cloth being held between "the pinand the adjacent side of the tag body 5. 'Moreover,-it will be seen'thatwhen the tag is applied, loose movement-thereof is prevented, and inaddition the fingers of the salesman will be prevented from coming incontact with the point of the pin, with obvious advantages. Byextending. the shank 8-over the tongue and point of bending 'ofthelatter relatively to the body of 'the'ntag, the said tongue will bepositively held in'its folded position owing toth'e wire extendingtherethrough and it is preferred 'to'make the shank 8 and pin 9 of softwire or a wire that will readily 'bend and retain its bent shape.

Asshown by'Figs. 5, 6 and 7 it is pro- =posed-to-e1nbody the improvedform of tag in strips comprising any number of the tags so as to providefor the convenient feed of a number of the tags through a printing ormarking machine for the purpose of applying information on the face ofthe tags in regard to the goods with which the tags are to be used andin accordance with the desires of the user. In the form of the tag stripas shown by Fig. 5, the several tags are separated by opposite slits 13extending partially across the strip, and the tags when separated arefolded on the slits as the guides and then torn apart. In the form shownby Fig. 6 the tag strip is notched at regular intervals, as at 14, andthe apeXes of the notches are intersected by score lines 15 which serveas a guide for folding and regularly separating the several tags in thestrip. In Fig, 7 the tag. strip is providedat intervals with lines ofperforations 16 upon which'the tags are folded and separated.

Other means of separation might be adopted, but the essential feature isthe organization of a number of the tags having the primarily benttongues or [flaps .10 in strips ready for use or conveniently assembledfor expeditious separation. In printing or marking the tag strips inseries or successively, the primarily bent flaps or' tongues 10 willserve asa ,con-venient guide means for holding the tag strips inpositive position relatively to the bed and workingv parts of theprinting or marking machine,

and likewise the bent or angular pins 9 will.

also act in the same mannerwitli regard to the bed and working parts ofthe marking or printing apparatus,

It will be understood that thetag may be made in any size and an obviousvariation in. the form of the tag without requiringthe least departurefrom the spirit of the inice vention would be to have the flap or tongue10 at the end of the tag rather than onthe side, but in all structuresof the tag the flap or tongue will be'of less length than the edge ofthe tag from which it projects and will also be primarily disposed at aright angle.

What is claimed is: I V 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a tagcomposed of plies of material and having a tongue at one edge, thetonguebeing provided with a fold line and the portionthereof beyond the foldline stifiiy retained in angular position relat ively to the body of thetag, the amountof material being greater at the outer-than at the-innerportion of the angle thus formed to facili tate the complete inturningof 'the" tongue,

and a wire extending between the plies ofthe body of the tag and thetongue. and overthe fold line of the tongue and'having a single pinextremity projecting at, an angle from the-inner side of the bodyof thetag, the wire being braced by the stifHy angular portion of the-tongue.

retained 2. As an improved article of manufacture, a tag comprising abody composed of plies having a tongue at one edge provided with a foldline, the front ply having a greater amount of material than the rearply at the fold line of the tongue to facilitate bending the tonguetoward the rear side of the body.

As an improved article of manufacture, a tag comprising a body having atongue at one edge provided with a fold line, the tag body and tonguebeing composed of plies connected by adhesive material and having abendable retention means between the plies extending across the foldline of the tongue and fully across the tongue and also partially'across the body of the tag, the portion of the tongue beyond the foldline being disposed and positively held at a right angle relatively tothe body of the tag, the material being greater at the outer than at theinner portion of the angle thus formed to facilitate the completion ofthe inward bending of the tongue.

4. As an improved article of manufacture, a tag having a body composedof plies of paper and formed with a tongue at one edge continuous withthe plies, said tongue being of less length at its juncture with thebody than the maximum extent of the edge of the said body from which thesaid tongue projects, the tongue being provided with a fold line andhaving a greater amount of material at the front side of the tonguealong the fold line than at the rear side of the tongue along the saidfold line to facilitate the inward bending of the tongue toward the bodyof the tag.

5. As an improved article of manufacture, a tag having a body composedof plies of paper and provided with a tongue at one edge continuous withthe plies and of materially less length than the said edge, the

tongue having a fold line and the portion thereof beyond the fold linestifliy held in a partially bent position to facilitate complete inwardbending movement thereof relatively to the body of the tag, the amountof paper being greater at the front side portion of the tongue along thefold line than at the corresponding rear side portion of the tongue,whereby the bending strain on the tongue when the partially bent portionis fully turned toward the rear side of the tag is concentrated mainlyalong the fold line of the tongue and without affecting the adjacentedge portion of the body of the tag.

6. As an improved article of manufacture, a tag strip composed of pliesof paper and having tongues at regular intervals along one edge, thetongues being provided with fold lines and having portions thereofbeyond the fold lines bent at an angle'relatively to the body of thestrip, and securing pins carried by the strip at intervals and extendingacross the fold lines of the tongues to hold the bent portions inposition and into the latter and having pin extremities projected atright angles from one side of the strip, the strip being formed withseparating lines between the pins, the side of the strip opposite thatfrom which the pins angularly project being smooth for handling inseparating the individual tags from the strip, the tongues being of lesslength than the maximum extent of the edges of the bodies of theconnected tags from which they project to form spaces between which theseparating lines are terminally exposed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

LOUIS N. BISHOP. WVitnesses CnAs. S. HYER, CHAS. A. HOME.

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